Three-day Workshop for making healing maracasThe shamanic maraca for healing is an ancestral musical instrument found in most traditional shamanic societies. In Colombia there are many such traditions and each of them does have its own version of the rattle.

The maraca that we will create in this workshop is a personal synthesis of some of these traditional versions, a synthesis which results from a long and thorough process of shamanic research.

In 1993, Juan España (1974) began his spiritual quest in Putumayo, the High Amazonas of Colombia. This exploration was soon to take shape in the construction of musical instruments and shamanic objects for healing and ritual. Juan’s work follows the inspiration and teachings of sacred plant medicines. His instruments aim to carry a beneficial vibration at different levels.

In his view the maraca answers to the cosmological model of the Sacred Masculine and Feminine and connects the user of the instrument to the heart of the Ancestral Mother and Father. Under this premise, the maraca is an extremely valuable tool in the search for medicine, in the transmutation of energy and in personal transformation.

This workshop is for people with an interest in shamanism. Each participant must bring a pair of scissors or a pocket knife and tobacco (and minimal technical skill).

The workshop begins Friday night at 18h and ends Sunday afternoon around 16h. The price is 200 euros, accommodation and all meals included. The workshop will take place in Spanish and is translated into English.

Program

Friday Arrival from 17h Start 18h: Opening, presentation, ritual fire and preparatory work with the crystals.

SundayMorning: Teaching prayer for healing for specific use of the maraca, as part of the creation myth of the man (Sikuani people). Learning the shamanic technique of the "soplo” (blowing). Consecration of the maraca with the Sacred Fire. Learning healing techniques with the maraca. Afternoon: Concluding circle. 16h: End of workshop

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Feedback from the previous group

Very inspiring. Goed interaction between theory and pratice. Grateful for all the wisdom and historical context that has been shared during the workshopThe 'why' was very good explainedGreat interactive workshop, as a participant you are heared and seen. Juan has a lot of patience.Juan is a teacher from the heart, he teaches from 'being'This is not only a workshop making healing maraca but you can feel the healing through the workshopThis workshop takes place in a beautifull enviroment where they take good care of youDuring the workshop you got stimulated to manifest what you are learining in daily life.Juan is not only a teacher from the heart but also whitin connection with everybody and everything.